Short Hops

According to Rick Telender, the city doesn't deserve the 2016 Olympics. In other news, Telender's car was suddenly covered in parking tickets.
In case you missed it, the Gordon Beckham Era began yesterday. Meanwhile, for better or worse, the Jose Contreras Era continues on Monday.
So when Tony Dungy said signing Jay Cutler was risky for the Bears, did he stop to consider who the previous three or four Bears quarterbacks were?
Author Sarah Paretsky takes time off from documenting the exploits to private investigator V.I. Warshawski to discuss another dark subject: the Cubs. She compared Cubs fans to "tired women living with alcoholic men." Ouch.
A Joey Meyer sighting: The former DePaul coach is now leading something called the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Seriously.
If the news that Matt Hagan will trade the Shelor.com Funny Car body for a FRAM Tough Guard design on the Dodge Charger, you probably want to be at Route 66 Raceway this weekend.
Urban fishing school is about to begin. There will be an 8-pound test at the end of the class. (Fishing joke.)
The Pan American Weightlifting Championships, being held at UIC Forum, is getting early rave reviews.
Is Kristi Toliver the Sky's version of Derrick Rose?
"I wish I knew how to quit you.": Mark DeRosa still thinks fondly of the Cubs. Mark...let it go.

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